Medicaid Billing: nothing simple about it.

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Advocates for more government control of health care like to say that having only one "insurer" will simplify billing. For a brief introduction to their 68-slide version of simple billing, browse through the Colorado Medical Assistance Billing Program 2007 Practioner Billing Workshop, available here . Administrative overhead anyone?

SB-160: Compulsory charity immoral & impractical

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Earlier this month The Rocky Mountain News published a commentary of mine about the inherent immorality of government-run charities (in this case, those for children's health insurance) and a proposal to challenge such charities to compete with voluntarily-funded charities. The budget: An “immoral document” A “moral document.” This is what Colorado House ...

Medicaid is hazardous to your health

Monday, August 27th, 2007

Colorado's 208 Commission has released detailed evaluations of its four favored health care reform proposals. The Commission's goals include improving access, encouraging personal responsibility, and supporting a "financially viable, sustainable and fair" system. Yet these proposals preserve or expand Medicaid, which fails to meet these goals. This is documented in ...